جلجلان

Arabic

Etymology

From جَلْجَلَ‎ (jaljala, “to rattle”) for the fruits of Savignya parviflora, foreboding high summer, dance and shake when ripe and dry – if the verb is not from the plant. The name for this plant also bears the forms قُلْقُلَان‎ (qulqulān), قُلَيْقِلَان‎ (qulayqilān). The meaning sesame however is already found in Sabaean 𐩴𐩡𐩴𐩡𐩬‎ (glgln).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒul.d͡ʒu.laːn/, /d͡ʒil.d͡ʒi.laːn/

Noun

جُلْجُلان or جِلْجِلَان • (juljulān or jiljilān) m

  1. Savignya parviflora
  2. sesame

Declension
Declension of noun جُلْجُلان (juljulān)‎; جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان
juljulān‎; jiljilān		 الْجُلْجُلان‎‎; الْجِلْجِلَان‎
al-juljulān‎; al-jiljilān		 جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان
juljulān‎; jiljilān
Nominative جُلْجُلانٌ‎; جِلْجِلَانٌ
juljulānun‎; jiljilānun		 الْجُلْجُلانُ‎‎; الْجِلْجِلَانُ‎
al-juljulānu‎; al-jiljilānu		 جُلْجُلانُ‎; جِلْجِلَانُ
juljulānu‎; jiljilānu
Accusative جُلْجُلانًا‎‎; جِلْجِلَانًا‎
juljulānan‎; jiljilānan		 الْجُلْجُلانَ‎‎; الْجِلْجِلَانَ‎
al-juljulāna‎; al-jiljilāna		 جُلْجُلانَ‎; جِلْجِلَانَ
juljulāna‎; jiljilāna
Genitive جُلْجُلانٍ‎; جِلْجِلَانٍ
juljulānin‎; jiljilānin		 الْجُلْجُلانِ‎‎; الْجِلْجِلَانِ‎
al-juljulāni‎; al-jiljilāni		 جُلْجُلانِ‎; جِلْجِلَانِ
juljulāni‎; jiljilāni

Descendants
  • Maltese: ġulġlien, ġunġlien, ġilġlien, ġinġlien, ġolġlien, ġonġlien
  • Moroccan Arabic: زنجلان‎ (zanjlān), زلجلان‎ (zaljlān)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi:
    Urdu:
  • → Marathi:
  • → Portuguese: gergelim
  • → Sicilian: ciciulena, ciuciulena, giurgiulena, giggiulena, giuggiulena
  • → Spanish: ajonjolí

References
  • Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 273–274
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 215, 291
  • Sima, Alexander (2000) Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 208

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒəlʒlaːn/

Noun

جلجلان (jəljlān) m

  1. sesame seed
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